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S. 3625 118th Congress Senate

Protect Small Business and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide small businesses with additional time to file beneficial ownership information, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 18, 2024 Introduced by: Tim Scott Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jan 18, 2024
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 Latest action January 18, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Small Business and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act

This bill revises the requirements for small U.S. companies to report certain beneficial ownership information that take effect on January 1, 2024. Beneficial ownership information includes the identity of an individual behind a corporate entity.

The bill extends the deadline for companies to report ownership information to the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Specifically, existing companies must file their initial ownership report within two years (current regulations require the report within one year). New companies must file their initial ownership report within 90 days (current regulations require the report within 30 days). Companies must report updates or changes in ownership within 90 days (current regulations require companies to report such changes within 30 days).

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5119 Protect Small Business and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act
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 Lobbying activity 13

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 Cosponsors 3
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Dec 12, 2024
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Dec 3, 2024
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jul 24, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3625: Protect Small Business and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3625/
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"S. 3625: Protect Small Business and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3625/.
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S. 3625, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3625/.
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